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[[File:HM-UnyieldingHierophant.jpg|290px|thumb|left|The massive space station ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' leading a combined [[Jiralhanae]]-controlled assault armada of over 500 warships assembled by Prophet of Truth.]]

===Composition===

Following the [[Fall of Reach]], the Prophet of Truth discovered the location of the [[human]] [[Earth|homeworld]] and started assembling a massive fleet of over five hundred warships for the planned invasion of Earth. Ships scattered around [[Milky Way|the galaxy]] were ordered to regroup, including one group of ships that was to jump to the [[Lambda Serpentis system]], to gather [[tritium]] gas for their reactors and then the [[Hawking system]] to meet with three dozen [[~~CAS-class assault~~ carrier|~~assault~~ carriers]] and effect a transfer of [[Type-31 Seraph|Seraph fighters]]. Finally, the fleet would be summoned to the command-and-control station, ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' which was holding position in [[Tau Ceti system]] in [[2552#September|September, 2552]]. When a sufficient amount of ships were gathered, the fleet would then make a collective jump straight to Earth.<ref name="Oct20"/>

Following the [[Fall of Reach]], the Prophet of Truth discovered the location of the [[human]] [[Earth|homeworld]] and started assembling a massive fleet of over five hundred warships for the planned invasion of Earth. Ships scattered around [[Milky Way|the galaxy]] were ordered to regroup, including one group of ships that was to jump to the [[Lambda Serpentis system]], to gather [[tritium]] gas for their reactors and then the [[Hawking system]] to meet with three dozen [[Covenant carrier|carriers]] and effect a transfer of [[Type-31 Seraph|Seraph fighters]]. Finally, the fleet would be summoned to the command-and-control station, ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' which was holding position in [[Tau Ceti system]] in [[2552#September|September, 2552]]. When a sufficient amount of ships were gathered, the fleet would then make a collective jump straight to Earth.<ref name="Oct20"/>

Due to Truth's devious plans for the Covenant, this fleet was commanded exclusively by the [[Jiralhanae]] and featured only few [[Sangheili]] in its ranks; an arrangement unheard of in the Covenant before the [[Great Schism]]. For similar reasons, Truth kept the existence of this fleet, and the fact he had discovered humanity's homeworld, secret even from his fellow [[Hierarchs]].<ref name="Oct20"/>

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After the Prophet of Truth activated the Portal, its fleet under his command went through [[Slipspace portal|the slipspace rift]] to the Ark, a massive [[Forerunner]] installation outside the [[Milky Way Galaxy]]. Soon after this the [[Flood]][[Indulgence of Conviction|-controlled battlecruiser]] appeared and crashed into the city, delaying the UNSC's attempt to pursue the loyalist fleet and forcing them to blow up the ship.<ref name="Floodgate">'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Floodgate]]''</ref> On [[2552#December|December 11]], the fleet used this time to deploy ground forces to the Ark, while Truth and his bodyguard of Jiralhanae moved to [[the Citadel]] to activate the [[Halo Array|Halo rings]].

After the humans and Sangheili contained the Flood on Earth, a joint UNSC-Sangheili effort, consisting of at least two [[Charon-class light frigate|UNSC frigates]] of the [[Battle Group Victory]], and the [[Covenant separatists|Seperatist]] [[Fleet of Retribution]], consisting of at least nine Sangheili battlecruisers and at least ~~one~~ [[Shadow of Intent|larger assault carrier]], managed to follow the Covenant ships a few hours after their initial retreat through the portal. Upon arriving above the Ark on December 11, the Jiralhanae fleet [[Battle of Installation 00|engaged]] the Fleet of Retribution, backed up by the UNSC frigates. While Truth's fleet outnumbered the UNSC-Sangheili fleet three to one, the Sangheili's tactics proved superior to that of the Jiralhanae, eventually obliterating the entirety of the loyalist fleet except at least [[Foebane|one]] [[ORS-class heavy cruiser|heavy cruiser]] that abandoned the other Covanant forces to their doom earlier.<ref name="TheArk">'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[The Ark]]''</ref> Together with the utter defeat of the Jiralhanae-led forces on the Ark itself during the conflict on the installation and Truth's eventual death at the hands of the [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]], this signalled the final and pyrrhic UNSC-Sangheili victory over the Covenant and the end of the 27-years-long Human-Covenant War.<ref name="TheCovenant">'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]]''</ref><ref name="Halo">'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]''</ref>

After the humans and Sangheili contained the Flood on Earth, a joint UNSC-Sangheili effort, consisting of at least two [[Charon-class light frigate|UNSC frigates]] of the [[Battle Group Victory]], and the [[Covenant separatists|Seperatist]] [[Fleet of Retribution]], consisting of at least nine Sangheili battlecruisers and at least [[Shadow of Intent|one larger]] [[CAS-class assault carrier|assault carrier]], managed to follow the Covenant ships a few hours after their initial retreat through the portal. Upon arriving above the Ark on December 11, the Jiralhanae fleet [[Battle of Installation 00|engaged]] the Fleet of Retribution, backed up by the UNSC frigates. While Truth's fleet outnumbered the UNSC-Sangheili fleet three to one, the Sangheili's tactics proved superior to that of the Jiralhanae, eventually obliterating the entirety of the loyalist fleet except at least [[Foebane|one]] [[ORS-class heavy cruiser|heavy cruiser]] that abandoned the other Covanant forces to their doom earlier.<ref name="TheArk">'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[The Ark]]''</ref> Together with the utter defeat of the Jiralhanae-led forces on the Ark itself during the conflict on the installation and Truth's eventual death at the hands of the [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]], this signalled the final and pyrrhic UNSC-Sangheili victory over the Covenant and the end of the 27-years-long Human-Covenant War.<ref name="TheCovenant">'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]]''</ref><ref name="Halo">'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]''</ref>

As of April [[2559]], the wreckage of one of Truth's cruisers remained to orbit the Installation 00.<ref name="FB">[https://www.facebook.com/groups/1884365661787920/permalink/2257678564456626/?comment_id=2258443351046814 '''Facebook - Ken Peters''']</ref>

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 [[File:HM-UnyieldingHierophant.jpg|290px|thumb|left|The massive space station ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' leading a combined [[Jiralhanae]]-controlled assault armada of over 500 warships assembled by Prophet of Truth.]]
 ===Composition===
-Following the [[Fall of Reach]], the Prophet of Truth discovered the location of the [[human]] [[Earth|homeworld]] and started assembling a massive fleet of over five hundred warships for the planned invasion of Earth. Ships scattered around [[Milky Way|the galaxy]] were ordered to regroup, including one group of ships that was to jump to the [[Lambda Serpentis system]], to gather [[tritium]] gas for their reactors and then the [[Hawking system]] to meet with three dozen [[CAS-class assault carrier|assault carriers]] and effect a transfer of [[Type-31 Seraph|Seraph fighters]]. Finally, the fleet would be summoned to the command-and-control station, ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' which was holding position in [[Tau Ceti system]] in [[2552#September|September, 2552]]. When a sufficient amount of ships were gathered, the fleet would then make a collective jump straight to Earth.<ref name="Oct20"/>
+Following the [[Fall of Reach]], the Prophet of Truth discovered the location of the [[human]] [[Earth|homeworld]] and started assembling a massive fleet of over five hundred warships for the planned invasion of Earth. Ships scattered around [[Milky Way|the galaxy]] were ordered to regroup, including one group of ships that was to jump to the [[Lambda Serpentis system]], to gather [[tritium]] gas for their reactors and then the [[Hawking system]] to meet with three dozen [[Covenant carrier|carriers]] and effect a transfer of [[Type-31 Seraph|Seraph fighters]]. Finally, the fleet would be summoned to the command-and-control station, ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' which was holding position in [[Tau Ceti system]] in [[2552#September|September, 2552]]. When a sufficient amount of ships were gathered, the fleet would then make a collective jump straight to Earth.<ref name="Oct20"/>
 Due to Truth's devious plans for the Covenant, this fleet was commanded exclusively by the [[Jiralhanae]] and featured only few [[Sangheili]] in its ranks; an arrangement unheard of in the Covenant before the [[Great Schism]]. For similar reasons, Truth kept the existence of this fleet, and the fact he had discovered humanity's homeworld, secret even from his fellow [[Hierarchs]].<ref name="Oct20"/>
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 After the Prophet of Truth activated the Portal, its fleet under his command went through [[Slipspace portal|the slipspace rift]] to the Ark, a massive [[Forerunner]] installation outside the [[Milky Way Galaxy]]. Soon after this the [[Flood]][[Indulgence of Conviction|-controlled battlecruiser]] appeared and crashed into the city, delaying the UNSC's attempt to pursue the loyalist fleet and forcing them to blow up the ship.<ref name="Floodgate">'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Floodgate]]''</ref> On [[2552#December|December 11]], the fleet used this time to deploy ground forces to the Ark, while Truth and his bodyguard of Jiralhanae moved to [[the Citadel]] to activate the [[Halo Array|Halo rings]].
-After the humans and Sangheili contained the Flood on Earth, a joint UNSC-Sangheili effort, consisting of at least two [[Charon-class light frigate|UNSC frigates]] of the [[Battle Group Victory]], and the [[Covenant separatists|Seperatist]] [[Fleet of Retribution]], consisting of at least nine Sangheili battlecruisers and at least one [[Shadow of Intent|larger assault carrier]], managed to follow the Covenant ships a few hours after their initial retreat through the portal. Upon arriving above the Ark on December 11, the Jiralhanae fleet [[Battle of Installation 00|engaged]] the Fleet of Retribution, backed up by the UNSC frigates. While Truth's fleet outnumbered the UNSC-Sangheili fleet three to one, the Sangheili's tactics proved superior to that of the Jiralhanae, eventually obliterating the entirety of the loyalist fleet except at least [[Foebane|one]] [[ORS-class heavy cruiser|heavy cruiser]] that abandoned the other Covanant forces to their doom earlier.<ref name="TheArk">'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[The Ark]]''</ref> Together with the utter defeat of the Jiralhanae-led forces on the Ark itself during the conflict on the installation and Truth's eventual death at the hands of the [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]], this signalled the final and pyrrhic UNSC-Sangheili victory over the Covenant and the end of the 27-years-long Human-Covenant War.<ref name="TheCovenant">'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]]''</ref><ref name="Halo">'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]''</ref>
+After the humans and Sangheili contained the Flood on Earth, a joint UNSC-Sangheili effort, consisting of at least two [[Charon-class light frigate|UNSC frigates]] of the [[Battle Group Victory]], and the [[Covenant separatists|Seperatist]] [[Fleet of Retribution]], consisting of at least nine Sangheili battlecruisers and at least [[Shadow of Intent|one larger]] [[CAS-class assault carrier|assault carrier]], managed to follow the Covenant ships a few hours after their initial retreat through the portal. Upon arriving above the Ark on December 11, the Jiralhanae fleet [[Battle of Installation 00|engaged]] the Fleet of Retribution, backed up by the UNSC frigates. While Truth's fleet outnumbered the UNSC-Sangheili fleet three to one, the Sangheili's tactics proved superior to that of the Jiralhanae, eventually obliterating the entirety of the loyalist fleet except at least [[Foebane|one]] [[ORS-class heavy cruiser|heavy cruiser]] that abandoned the other Covanant forces to their doom earlier.<ref name="TheArk">'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[The Ark]]''</ref> Together with the utter defeat of the Jiralhanae-led forces on the Ark itself during the conflict on the installation and Truth's eventual death at the hands of the [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]], this signalled the final and pyrrhic UNSC-Sangheili victory over the Covenant and the end of the 27-years-long Human-Covenant War.<ref name="TheCovenant">'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]]''</ref><ref name="Halo">'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]''</ref>
 As of April [[2559]], the wreckage of one of Truth's cruisers remained to orbit the Installation 00.<ref name="FB">[https://www.facebook.com/groups/1884365661787920/permalink/2257678564456626/?comment_id=2258443351046814 '''Facebook - Ken Peters''']</ref>